Set for service entry this month on the North Atlantic, the Chinese-built Atlantic Star ranks as the world's largest combination container/ro-ro (con-ro) vessel. She has the added distinction of embodying a fundamentally different cargo carrying configuration to that hitherto employed in con-ro ships. Atlantic Star gives first form to the powerful, fourth generation of thoroughbreds ordered by Atlantic Container Line (ACL) for its weekly service linking North America's eastern seaboard with northern Europe. The design thinking encapsulated by the project underscores a commitment to innovation that has permeated the 50-year history of ACL, wholly-owned by Italian ro-ro specialist Grimaldi since 2007. The transatlantic operation caters for containers, project and oversized cargo, heavy equipment, all types of vehicles, block-stowed general cargo and hazardous goods.
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